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My big fake wedding: uncovering an outlandish deception
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:26:28
Publish Date: 2021-05-29 08:32:00
Description: A fake wedding, a double life and forged documents. In 2013 investigative journalist Benita Alexander was making a documentary about 'super-surgeon' Paolo Macchiarini and his pioneering synthetic organ transplants. The pair quickly fell in love and Benita was swept into a whirlwind romance. Paolo proposed, but the fairytale soon began to unravel when she discovered that the extravagant star-studded wedding he told her he was planning was all a lie. But the fake wedding was just the beginning... Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com Presenter: Andrea Kennedy Producer: Mariana Des Forges Picture: Paolo Macchiarini and Benita Alexander Credit: Courtesy Benita Alexander, Instagram @loveconned
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